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Anybody know what process US soccer has in place to identify and develop players
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:49 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:49 am
I saw in a link posted in the thread about Wynalda's crazy comments that when Klinsman signed the contract through 2018 that he also was given the additional position of technical director of the US Soccer Federation.
Which makes me wonder if he will try to revamp whatever system they have in place to identify and develop young talent. Are they getting the best talent they can? Are they grooming them properly?
Anybody here have any insight into what they do now to find and develop young talent? I know they have the ODP (Olympic Development Program) which is supposed to do this to an extent. Other than that I don't know what system they have in place to sort of scout the club teams, colleges and maybe some High Schools to find players at a young age.
Which makes me wonder if he will try to revamp whatever system they have in place to identify and develop young talent. Are they getting the best talent they can? Are they grooming them properly?
Anybody here have any insight into what they do now to find and develop young talent? I know they have the ODP (Olympic Development Program) which is supposed to do this to an extent. Other than that I don't know what system they have in place to sort of scout the club teams, colleges and maybe some High Schools to find players at a young age.
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:56 am to Methuselah
The most comparable thing we have to the major European academies is the U-17 residency program in Bradenton, FL. It has produced Donovan, Altidore, Beasley, Bradley, among others. The MLS clubs have also been working to develop their academies in the last 10 years with mixed success.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:56 am to Methuselah
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Are they getting the best talent they can?
Yes
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Are they grooming them properly?
We'll see. U-20's got into the hardest group (Spain, France, Ghana) at the U-20 WC last year.
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Which makes me wonder if he will try to revamp whatever system they have in place to identify and develop young talent.
Jurgen is bringing on people who have had success in the World Cup. He's already revamping the system and is making the youth teams play a similar style to the national teams to build continuity.
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This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 11:57 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:57 am to Methuselah
The concussion scare with football is doing some of the work on its own. More kids going to basketball and soccer
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:59 am to NOTORlOUSD
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The MLS clubs have also been working to develop their academies in the last 10 years with mixed success.
true story... the Chicago Fire have something working in New Orleans City Park
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:03 pm to rt3
The FC Dallas academy and youth programs are pretty great.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:09 pm to rt3
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the Chicago Fire have something working in New Orleans City Park
It is a very loose association at best. It actually covers Lafreniere and City Park as well and is the end result of the combination of the old clubs that used to occupy those parks. The Fire do have a residential academy as well. I know some of the other MLS teams do also, but I'm not sure all do.
I'm pretty sure that only one player from the Louisiana Fire club has been invited to the residential academy and that was Mullins. He turned it down.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:18 pm to Pinetar
Back when I played year round, the best guys I ever played against were from Lafreniere and South Texas. I'm not sure what they're feeding those Lafreniere guys, but they could all flat out play.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:31 pm to bamabenny
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Back when I played year round, the best guys I ever played against were from Lafreniere and South Texas. I'm not sure what they're feeding those Lafreniere guys, but they could all flat out play.
What age out of curiosity? It was hit and miss when I was playing there back in the day. Some age groups were strong, and others not so much. But they were never head and shoulders above anyone in the state.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:40 pm to Pinetar
Yea. Lots of kids in DFW turn down FCD Academy also. They don't want to give up high school/friends/sports.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:56 pm to Xenophon
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Yea. Lots of kids in DFW turn down FCD Academy also. They don't want to give up high school/friends/sports.
The relationships between the high schools and the clubs are definitely a complicated process here in the US.
On the one hand sports in the US usually develop through the "scholastic" route - being school base. And the schools have the infrastructure (most schools have a football field or access to one that can be fairly easily adopted for soccer - even if a few are very narrow) and the pre-existing athletic departments to allow a much broader cross section of kids to play.
On the other hand, the clubs tend to have a higher level of competition and kids that are more dedicated to playing year round and thus get the experience. For these reasons, most college and I assume pro and national teams tend to concentrate what little scouting resources they have to the clubs.
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